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• Bearing Witness: Exposing the secretive world of the Jehovah’s Witnesses
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  September 16, 2021
  “Everybody thinks that Jehovah’s Witnesses are just lovely people, friendly, nice-looking people, maybe a bit quirky, who knock on doors. And it’s very difficult to help people understand just how dangerous this group is.”   Former Jehovah’s Witness
• “The Witnesses” Examines JW Child Abuse Issues
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  May 4, 2020
  In case you missed this when it was first released, Jeff Truesdell reported in People Magazine on January 13, 2020, that Oxygen Channel was scheduled to present a new two-part documentary that examines alleged child abuse within the Jehovah’s Witnesses and covered… Read more: “The Witnesses” Examines JW Child Abuse Issues
• Setting the Record Straight: The Atlantic “Secret Database” Article
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  October 23, 2019
  Sometimes you have to speak up and speak out when you come across a news article or a TV program that gets everything wrong. What follows is a case of an article whose author not only got the story wrong but just… Read more: Setting the Record Straight: The Atlantic “Secret Database” Article
• Child Victims Act – Other States Blazed a Trail
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  September 6, 2019
  [Albany Times Union, August 25, 2019, by Steve Hughes] As cases gear up for a long process in New York, the effect of California lawsuits offers an example. Victims and advocates fought for years to get the Child Victims Act passed and… Read more: Child Victims Act – Other States Blazed a Trail
• “Silent No More: The Survivors” (Permitted Reprint)
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  September 5, 2019
   Roger Bentley (SCAARS) recently sat down with Hearst Television’s Chief National Investigative Correspondent, Mark Albert, in connection with a year-long investigation of sex abuse allegations and cover-ups in the Jehovah’s Witnesses organization. [We reprint the following articles with permission:]
• JW Victims File Lawsuit Using New Victims Act in New York
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  August 13, 2019
  The Zalkin Law Firm P.C. has filed a new lawsuit in New York on behalf of two childhood sexual abuse victims naming Jehovah’s Witness Governing Body members and other empowered and responsible individuals within the Watchtower organization as defendants. The Watchtower has… Read more: JW Victims File Lawsuit Using New Victims Act in New York
• New York Post: Former Jehovah’s Witnesses Recount Years of Sex Abuse Ahead of Landmark Case
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  August 13, 2019
  Two former Jehovah’s Witnesses claim the church looked the other way when they were sexually abused as children for years — and now plan to sue under a landmark state law that takes effect this week. Lawyers for Heather Steele, 48, and… Read more: New York Post: Former Jehovah’s Witnesses Recount Years of Sex Abuse Ahead of Landmark Case
• Jehovah’s Witnesses “use the Bible to victim-shame”
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  October 11, 2018
  NBC News published a report by Elizabeth Chuck on October 7, 2018, that “on the heels of a $35 million jury award to a woman who alleged her Jehovah’s Witness congregation mishandled her childhood abuse, other survivors say there’s a pattern of… Read more: Jehovah’s Witnesses “use the Bible to victim-shame”
• San Diego: Jose Lopez Abuse Case “Settled”
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  January 13, 2018
  Dorian Hargrove of the San Diego Reader reported on January 12, 2018 that “…A lawsuit is now settled between a former victim of sexual abuse and Jehovah’s Witnesses.” Irwin Zalkin, Jose Lopez’s attorney, did not respond to a request for comment prior to… Read more: San Diego: Jose Lopez Abuse Case “Settled”
• San Diego Reader Updates JW Child Abuse Cases
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  September 1, 2017
  According to the San Diego Reader news website, Attorney Irwin Zalkin and legal representatives for the Watchtower Society will make an appearance in a San Diego, California District Court on September 15, 2017. They will be participating in a hearing to discuss… Read more: San Diego Reader Updates JW Child Abuse Cases
• London Conference: BBC Radio Interview April 2017
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  April 30, 2017
  The following audio recording is an edited version of the April 30, 2017 UK radio program that interviews Candace Conti, Trey Bundy, Irwin Zalkin regarding JW child abuse management.
• Trey Bundy Explains How JW Leaders Hide Child Abuse Secrets
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  December 15, 2016
  KPBS Radio, a public service of San Diego University, interviewed Trey Bundy on December 12, 2016, and then followed up by releasing an online audio version of the program. We will try to provide the original audio when available, but you can… Read more: Trey Bundy Explains How JW Leaders Hide Child Abuse Secrets
• Zalkin Press Release: $13.5M Default Judgment Against Watchtower
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  October 31, 2014
  Victim of Childhood Sexual Abuse Awarded $13.5 Million Default Judgment Against the Jehovah’s Witnesses National Organization the Watchtower
• Bible-Based Belief Harms Children
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  October 25, 2014
  Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Child Sex Abuse Cases Bring Religion’s Practices Into Question By Sami K. Martin, Christian Post Reporter October 8, 2014 The Jehovah’s Witnesses have a silent epidemic of child abuse that was recently brought to public attention again after four alleged… Read more: Bible-Based Belief Harms Children
• Orange County lawsuit alleges sex abuse by Jehovah’s Witness leader
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  August 28, 2014
  In sunny California, another lawsuit has been filed by the Zalkin Law Firm based in San Diego, California. This complaint is one of nearly a dozen sexual abuse cases filed by this firm seeking damages from a local Jehovah’s Witness congregation and the corporation that represents… Read more: Orange County lawsuit alleges sex abuse by Jehovah’s Witness leader